Across Asia, promising solutions are already taking shape — from ocean-based climate action to stronger disease surveillance and better access to health services. The harder task is helping them move from pilots and partnerships into systems that can last. This requires aligning the right partners, building credible evidence, reducing early risk, and giving solutions the time and support to scale.

The Philanthropy Asia Alliance's (PAA) second Impact Report, Collective Action for People, Planet, Ocean, and Health, looks at how collaborative philanthropy can help meet this need. 

Launched in 2023 as a Temasek Trust initiative, PAA brings together more than 110 funding members and partners to advance solutions across Climate, Health, and Inclusive Development. 

The report spotlights PAA’s progress in mobilising collaborative philanthropy across Asia, with a focus on Oceans and Health — two areas of growing significance across Asia. Ocean ecosystems support climate stability, biodiversity, food security, and coastal livelihoods, while health systems across the region are responding to pressures ranging from infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance to uneven access to care. 

Report highlights include:

• PAA has mobilised US$615 million across more than 300 programmes spanning Climate, Health, and Inclusive Development, bringing together funding members and partners to support solutions across the region.
• Across PAA-supported programmes, more than 290,000 people gained improved access to health services, while over 60,000 individuals were supported through learning and skills development initiatives.
• Through supported conservation programmes, 94.3 million hectares of land and sea are now under improved management, reflecting PAA’s role in helping mobilise capital and partnerships for large-scale environmental action.
• Every US$1 from PAA’s General Fund catalysed US$1.50 in co-funding, demonstrating how philanthropic capital can help crowd in additional support from other funders and partners.

The report also spotlights initiatives that show how collaborative philanthropy works in practice. They include:

• SEAFOAM, led by Climateworks Centre and supported by PAA, is helping integrate ocean-based mitigation and blue carbon solutions into Indonesia’s national climate planning.
• Scaling Ocean Conservation through Protection and Production, led by Conservation International and supported by PAA, has helped develop a science-based Fisheries Management Plan for Indonesia’s WPP 572 marine zone, covering approximately 94.3 million hectares.
• The Health for Human Potential Community, launched at Philanthropy Asia Summit 2025, brings together funders, technical experts, and implementation partners to improve maternal, newborn and child health, nutrition, and infectious disease outcomes across Southeast Asia. It aims to mobilise more than US$100 million by 2030.
• PathGen, led by the Duke-NUS Centre for Outbreak Preparedness and supported under the Health for Human Potential Community, uses AI and pathogen genomics to strengthen early disease detection and outbreak response. It builds on training delivered to 185 laboratory specialists across 16 countries.

The report points to the importance of convening and knowledge in sustaining collaboration. In 2025, the Philanthropy Asia Summit brought together more than 1,100 leaders from 27 countries, while PAA-supported research and thought leadership helped inform action on issues such as antimicrobial resistance, education technology, and philanthropic succession in Asia.

Access the PAA Impact Report 2026 for feature stories and more highlights. 

PAA is a Temasek Trust initiative dedicated to catalysing collaborative philanthropy in Asia through dynamic multi-sector partnerships. Visit PAA’s website to learn more. 

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